Friday
11:00Check-In (Open Space)
13:45Opening Speech
14:00Google Cloud Workshop
14:30Mentoring 1
16:00Mentoring 2
17:30Mentoring 3
19:00Flying Dinner
22-24 January 2027/WHU Campus, Vallendar
Build a startup
in three days.
A team, 7 mentors and three days at WHU. On Sunday you pitch to a jury of investors and founders.
72hours
12teams
50+mentors
55 EURfee
Featured in
72-hour timeline
Full agenda. All three days.
Friday
11:00
Check-In (Open Space)
13:45
Opening Speech
14:00
Google Cloud Workshop
14:30
Mentoring 1
16:00
Mentoring 2
17:30
Mentoring 3
19:00
Flying Dinner
Saturday
08:30
Breakfast
09:30
Mentoring 4
11:00
Mentoring 5
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Legal Workshop by Orrick
15:00
Mentoring 6
16:30
Coffee Break
17:00
Mentoring 7
18:30
Flying Dinner
Sunday
09:30
Breakfast
10:00
Pitch Delivery & Stage Presence Workshop by YAMANU
12:00
Final Pitch Preparation
13:00
Pitch Battle
15:00
Winner Ceremony
Alumni startups
Teams that kept going.
Bitahoy2024
Enables organizations to integrate business context into security operations for improved risk management.
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Prematch2024
The only app you need to follow German amateur soccer - all news, scores and stats in a single platform.
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Eco2Grow2024
Gives mid-sized companies access to renewable energy from solar and wind farms at fixed long-term pricing.
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CIMK2023
FinTech platform providing alternative data and quantitative analytics for understanding the Chinese market.
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KASKO2023
Modular platform giving insurers the tools to bring digital products to market efficiently.
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Relevant and great workshops, different angles on the product and market.
Nicolas Burscheidt3DS ParticipantUsed 3DS to validate our idea and work on our startup.
Konrad Wehner3DS ParticipantReally enjoyed the event, have great mentors here and good opportunity to work on my idea.
Pascal Klonig3DS ParticipantInside 3DS
What it looks like
from the inside.
Mentor sessions
Team work
The final pitch
VenueWHU - Otto Beisheim
Vallendar, Germany - Founded 1984
WHU - Otto Beisheim
School of Management
Vallendar, Germany - Founded 1984Mentorship
50+ mentors.
Direct access.
Every team meets seven of them, matched to what you are building.
50+
mentor network
7 / team
matched mentors
Applications are open to WHU students and invited external participants. We take 12 teams.
Apply nowNext event: 22-24 January 2027